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	Festival Weather Forum Index  » Festivals » General Festival Chatter » Kit for surviving crap weather Kit for surviving crap weather   Goto page 1, 2, 3, 4  Next Author Message boywonder Forum Virgin - Be Gentle! Joined: 31 Mar 2008 Total posts: 1 Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 12:51 pm   Post subject:  Kit for surviving crap weather   Hi guys would appreciate suggestions for surviving festivals in the all to predictable UK weather Last year i was not prepared for glastonbury and ended up not sitting down for 4 days This year im taking a 2 bottles of vodka so far.... help? kie22 Has far too much time on their hands Joined: 25 Jul 2005 Total posts: 842 Location: stoke on trent Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 12:53 pm   Post subject:   Kit for surviving crap weather   a sturdy set of waterproofs..... _________________ Murder was the bass Brassybel Enlightened One Joined: 24 Aug 2005 Total posts: 1981 Location: Brizvegas Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 1:04 pm   Post subject:    Kit for surviving crap weather   wellies lots of socks _________________ One of the greatest pleasures in life is doing what people say you cannot do. Whats For Breakfast Enlightened One Joined: 07 Nov 2007 Total posts: 1541 Location: not far from something nice to eat... Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 1:18 pm   Post subject:     Kit for surviving crap weather   GOOD wellies. The cheap/fun ones aren't worth the money. If it really rains, they leak. Bad jam. Also sealable bags to keep some of your things dry- bigger ones for a change of clothes and maybe your sleeping bag, little ones for your wallet and phone etc. _________________ To disagree with three-fourths of the British public is one of the first requisites of sanity. Oscar Wilde jim Has completely lost touch with reality Joined: 07 Nov 2007 Total posts: 1200 Location: cornwall Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 2:38 pm   Post subject:  Re: Kit for surviving crap weather   camp on the top of the hill not really kit, but an idea that should help if it pours _________________ he who understands baboons would do more towards metaphysics than anyone reckons jim Manc_Tom Has completely lost touch with reality Joined: 08 Nov 2007 Total posts: 1072 Location: Inbreeding Capitol of the UK Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 2:40 pm   Post subject:   Re: Kit for surviving crap weather   Mount your tent on some makeshift stilts and dig a moat round it The you can hide inside your tent whilst muntered and fire elastic bands at intruders! _________________ MT here! FRITZFACTOR PM Daddy for special rank! Joined: 11 Sep 2005 Total posts: 3263 Location: Reading Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 2:58 pm   Post subject:    Re: Kit for surviving crap weather   more vodka _________________ PIMPIN' Manc_Tom Has completely lost touch with reality Joined: 08 Nov 2007 Total posts: 1072 Location: Inbreeding Capitol of the UK Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 3:04 pm   Post subject:     Re: Kit for surviving crap weather   Jaggermeister pleases _________________ MT here! Bruce Not Roach Joined: 20 Apr 2006 Total posts: 3837 Location: London (that big grey thing on the Thames estuary) Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 3:13 pm   Post subject:  Re:  Re: Kit for surviving crap weather   Manc_Tom wrote (View Post): › Mount your tent on some makeshift stilts and dig a moat round it The you can hide inside your tent whilst muntered and fire elastic bands at intruders! This also offers protection against any hyenas & lions that are wandering around the festival site _________________ Manc_Tom Has completely lost touch with reality Joined: 08 Nov 2007 Total posts: 1072 Location: Inbreeding Capitol of the UK Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 3:21 pm   Post subject:   Re:  Re: Kit for surviving crap weather   And pykies _________________ MT here! festivalchooks PM Daddy for special rank! Joined: 17 Feb 2006 Total posts: 3375 Location: Stroud, Glos Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 3:23 pm   Post subject:   Re:  Re: Kit for surviving crap weather   Whats For Breakfast wrote (View Post): › GOOD wellies. The cheap/fun ones aren't worth the money. If it really rains, they leak. Bad jam. Also sealable bags to keep some of your things dry- bigger ones for a change of clothes and maybe your sleeping bag, little ones for your wallet and phone etc. All good advice here fo sho...i always take lots of plastic bags with me for putting wet muddy clothes into otherwise yer tent gets in a right state inside. i would def advise getting a tent with a porch, so you can leave muddy stuff out there and retreat into somewhere hopefully dry and mud free ish... _________________ Manc_Tom Has completely lost touch with reality Joined: 08 Nov 2007 Total posts: 1072 Location: Inbreeding Capitol of the UK Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 3:23 pm   Post subject:    Re:  Re: Kit for surviving crap weather   Take tinned pineapple rings! They're possibly the only solids you can eat while muntered _________________ MT here! fuzzy Butterfly Wrangler Joined: 07 Jul 2005 Total posts: 3998 Location: right here right now Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 3:39 pm   Post subject:     Re:  Re: Kit for surviving crap weather   ^^^^^ if possible freeze the pinapple in vodka 1st _________________ Manc_Tom Has completely lost touch with reality Joined: 08 Nov 2007 Total posts: 1072 Location: Inbreeding Capitol of the UK Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 3:40 pm   Post subject:      Re:  Re: Kit for surviving crap weather   !! I think I might try a bit of cinnemon and some spiced rum _________________ MT here! lotoflotti Initiate Joined: 31 Mar 2008 Total posts: 4 Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 3:44 pm   Post subject:  Re: Kit for surviving crap weather   beer makes me pee every 5 mins and the loos can get pretty nasty!!! spirits all the way!! vokda, whiskey, rum ... be warned with glass bottles though they usually take em off you!! Manc_Tom Has completely lost touch with reality Joined: 08 Nov 2007 Total posts: 1072 Location: Inbreeding Capitol of the UK Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 3:48 pm   Post subject:   Re: Kit for surviving crap weather   to Flotti welcome to FW Yeah glass bottles are usually more trouble than they're worth. How anal are the security about bringing your own alcohol onto the premesis? I've heard of some places confiscating any alcohol... _________________ MT here! Manc_Tom Has completely lost touch with reality Joined: 08 Nov 2007 Total posts: 1072 Location: Inbreeding Capitol of the UK Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 3:49 pm   Post subject:    Re: Kit for surviving crap weather   ^ I am refering to Sunrise btw _________________ MT here! lotoflotti Initiate Joined: 31 Mar 2008 Total posts: 4 Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 3:54 pm   Post subject:  Re: Kit for surviving crap weather   hello back tom Whats For Breakfast Enlightened One Joined: 07 Nov 2007 Total posts: 1541 Location: not far from something nice to eat... Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 5:17 pm   Post subject:   Re: Kit for surviving crap weather   Manc_Tom wrote (View Post): › Jaggermeister pleases freak boy Oh, just noticed the admirable spiced-rum-and-cinnamon comment Make your mind up young Tom! _________________ To disagree with three-fourths of the British public is one of the first requisites of sanity. Oscar Wilde mrsomuch Renegade Master Joined: 14 Nov 2006 Total posts: 2006 Location: The Big Bother Bunker Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 6:48 pm   Post subject:    Re: Kit for surviving crap weather   Ketamines _________________ Please turn in your PC operator's license and your IP collision insurance and see yourself to the Exit of the Internet. 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